From: lucas Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:56:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm. Closes #491839. X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7754f4f27dc033d0c2388e32271d91f806010f57 Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm. Closes #491839. git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@6928 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d --- diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 40f313c..2b55823 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes: #489135. + * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm. + Closes #491839. - -- Lucas Nussbaum Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:40:21 +0200 + -- Lucas Nussbaum Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:56:44 +0200 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk index d975271..d628f66 100644 --- a/pkgs.dbk +++ b/pkgs.dbk @@ -1344,6 +1344,10 @@ should either be reassigned to another package in the case where the actual code has evolved into another package (e.g. libfoo12 was removed because libfoo13 supersedes it) or closed if the software is simply no longer part of Debian. +When closing the bugs, +to avoid marking the bugs as fixed in versions of the packages +in previous Debian releases, they should be marked as fixed +in the version <most-recent-version-ever-in-Debian>+rm.
Removing packages from <filename>Incoming</filename>